Retired officer's son arrested for gathering details of govt officials

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Vidhana Soudha police have arrested a man on the charges of suspiciously gathering information about women officers working in various government departments in the city.

Claiming himself to be the personal assistant of Karnataka Chief Minister's Secretary, the accused, identified as Vikram Gopalaswamy, used to gather information about women officers in Vidhana Soudha, MS building and other government departments, the police said.

The accused also claimed that he was the personal assistant of the State Minister for Revenue.

He called up government offices claiming to be an official from the office of the Director General of Police (DGP) and from the office of the Police Commissioner in Bengaluru.

The accused was arrested after one of the women officers had filed a complaint against Gopalaswamy at the Vidhana Soudha police station.

The police have immediately arrested Gopalaswamy and during, initial probe it was found that the accused is a son of a retired officer.

Earlier it was suspected that the accused had gathered the details of the officials so that he could blackmail them later.